Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A POET AT THE PIANO (K.O), by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON Poet's Biography First Line: Not all unhappy,' said one wise of heart Last Line: And fill the measure of each two-fold song. Subject(s): Music & Musicians; Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
"NOT all unhappy," said one wise of heart, "Who in his spendthrift season learned an art." What, then, doth not the Future keep for you Whose ardent days give mastery of two? Into your open window by the sea What wonder Music came, and Poetry -- Rhythm from island winds and breakers' might; Grace from the sea grass and the swallows' flight; Calm from the summer stars, that seem as near As Heaven itself is on a Christmas clear; Joy, Love, and Hope! May these about you throng And fill the measure of each two-fold song. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB AN ENGLISH MOTHER by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON |
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